The Gray Zone are literal Putin apologists and are just parroting state propaganda against Bellingcat.
Bellingcat are also transparent about their funding, here
https://www.bellingcat.com/about/funding-and-how-to-support-bellingcat/
While The Grey Zone claim they take no funding from nation states, the editor Max Blumenthal frequently appears on Sputnik and RT.
Yet again an example of nutjobs projecting on to others what they are actually doing themselves.
How anyone in 2024 can claim to be left wing and apologise for state-capitalist authoritarians is beyond me.
Again, Mintpress News support the state-capitalist authoritarian regimes of Russia and China, whilst claiming to be left wing.
They frequently parrot state propaganda, including lies about Russia’s invasions of Ukraine, the Syrian civil war, and assorted George Soros nonsense.
Their funding is not transparent, and like Grey Zone frequently publish stories from contributors who appear on RT and Sputnik, such as Vanessa Beeley.